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A Confederate statue in North Carolina praises 'faithful slaves.' Some citizens want it gone
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 24 minutes ago"There just seems to be less, at least in the political discourse, sympathy or less tolerance for...
8 Gnocchi Recipes Pasta Lovers Will Adore
Mashed via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFor one thing, cooking them means they're not so hard to digest. For another, the combination of starchy gnocchi and beans plus the flavorful marinara...
Maine Reads, Maine Writes: Book journeys
Bangor Daily News· 1 day agoIn my teens and twenties, I had grand ideas of writing a blockbuster novel. The book is a full-color field guide and encyclopedia of the creatures and...
38% of webpages from 2013 have disappeared from the Internet
PC World· 5 days agoNew research from Pew reveals how much of the Internet has become inaccessible.
RPS marks renaming of George Wythe as Richmond High School for the Arts
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 10 hours agoThe school formerly known as George Wythe High School on Friday celebrated its new name: Richmond...
Why more cooks -- and gardeners -- should embrace sorrel, an underrated lemony leaf
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMay 19—In an entry on sorrel in her encyclopedia of "Uncommon Fruits & Vegetables," food writer Elizabeth Schneider noted that "Americans seem to have an on-again off-again affair with the sharply ...
This week in history
The Martinsburg Journal· 2 days agoTo read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. May 26, 1895: Athlete Ira Errett “Rat” Rodgers was born in Bethany. May 26, 1923: Playwright Maryat Lee was ...
A genome-wide association study identifies a locus associated with knee extension strength in older...
Nature· 6 days agoA genome-wide association study on knee extension strength in 3452 persons of Japanese ancestry 60 years old and above identifies a significant association at a single locus that includes TACC2, a gene encoding a cytoskeleton-related protein.
Polish University Discovers 27 Books Belonging to the Brothers Grimm
Artnet News· 1 day agoMuch of that library was scattered from Berlin by postwar donations. A recent article that the...
On this day in history, May 21, 1881, Clara Barton, 'brave' battlefield nurse, creates American Red...
Fox News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAmerican nurse Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross on this day in history, May 21, 1881. She...
